Ms Geraldine McGahey:

It really pains me to say this, but while we have a Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, we have no legislative basis on which to afford protection to older people. We are the only jurisdiction on all these islands that has no anti-discrimination legislation in respect of older people accessing goods, facilities or services. It is something we have been seeking for a considerable time and we hope that it will be addressed soon, but there is no indication that will be the case, so at the moment there is no legal protection for older people.